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... Troy , he raised the destinies of Rome to the old heroic level in the imaginations of men . But however much of Homer he may give to his readers , he never forgets his main purpose , to impress men with the dignity and greatness of Rome ...
... Troy , he raised the destinies of Rome to the old heroic level in the imaginations of men . But however much of Homer he may give to his readers , he never forgets his main purpose , to impress men with the dignity and greatness of Rome ...
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... Troy is captured , and Homer clearly conceives him as reigning at Troy after the departure of the Greeks . The later stories recount his wanderings about Europe after the fall of Troy : and these Vergil adopts , making many altera ...
... Troy is captured , and Homer clearly conceives him as reigning at Troy after the departure of the Greeks . The later stories recount his wanderings about Europe after the fall of Troy : and these Vergil adopts , making many altera ...
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... Troy , is the leader of the Trojan women , and a person of importance . servat ... tuus , ' thy glory guards thy place ' ( M ) , a fine phrase , the honos being a protecting sacred power . 3 . ossa nomen signat , the name marks thy ...
... Troy , is the leader of the Trojan women , and a person of importance . servat ... tuus , ' thy glory guards thy place ' ( M ) , a fine phrase , the honos being a protecting sacred power . 3 . ossa nomen signat , the name marks thy ...
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... Troy , for whom Poseidon built the city while Apollo watched the flocks , the gods being forced to serve for hire . Laomedon cheated them of their hire ( Laomedon deos destituit mercede pacta , Hor . III . 3. 21 ) . So the adj . means ...
... Troy , for whom Poseidon built the city while Apollo watched the flocks , the gods being forced to serve for hire . Laomedon cheated them of their hire ( Laomedon deos destituit mercede pacta , Hor . III . 3. 21 ) . So the adj . means ...
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... Troy , who died in Sicily on the way ) : it was a Harpy , not Anchises , who gave this prophecy in III . 245 , as we have seen . An oversight , probably due to want of revision . 125. accisis dapibus , ' when food grows scant ' . 127 ...
... Troy , who died in Sicily on the way ) : it was a Harpy , not Anchises , who gave this prophecy in III . 245 , as we have seen . An oversight , probably due to want of revision . 125. accisis dapibus , ' when food grows scant ' . 127 ...
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